Tradition

Oh, I wouldn’t at all be surprised if a lot of national delegates quietly and behind closed doors expressed a will for there not to be a public vote, since they did not want it their support for the Genocidal state of Israel to be on record and publicly known.

In Politics (and Eurovision is much more Politics than Art) many if not most things are really decided behind closed doors either without a vote or with a rigged vote - politicias abhor transparency and accountability.

Yeah, the amount of TV time spent on it is similar to the amount of TV time spent covering the European or World Football (soccer for Americans) Championships.

I suspect that without that overboard TV coverage almost literally shoving it down viewers throats, most people would forget about it.